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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| executive branch | in charge of making sure that the laws are obeyed |
| judicial branch | How to apply a law and how to know if the law is broken |
| legislative branch | the part of the U.S government that makes laws |
| supreme courts | the highest court in the land |
| fugitive slave clause | provided for the capture and return of escape enslaved persons to their owners |
| electoral college | a system established by the constitution that uses a group of special form each state to choose a official presidents and vice president |
| Roger Sherman | legislature to resolve conflicts between large and small states |
| commerce clause | it used to justify federal laws on a wide range of economic activities |
| great compromise | resolved a dispute between large and small states by creating a bicameral legislature |
| common market | trade for agreement between countries allow free movement of goods services, labor and capital among member nations |
| Three-fifths compromise | a deal during a big meeting in 1787 |
| checks and balances | A system government were each of the three branches have the power to limited the powers of others. |
| separation of powers | the principal of dividing a government into three separate branches- legislative executive and judicial each with distinct duties and responsibility's |
| slave importation | a compromise in the U.S constitution of banning the international slave trade until 1608 |